"Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 231-2-3-4.
Steele, Lt. Samuel, sometime of Farmington, now of Wethersfield. Invt. £725-07-10. Taken 14 August, 1685, by Samuel Talcott, Robert Welles, John Robbins. Invt. in Farmington, £457-05-00. Taken by John Judd & John Woodruffe. Total, £1182-12-10. Will dated 10 June, 1685.
I Samuel Steele of Wethersfield, being very aged, do make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife, if she survive me, £80, to be to her proper Estate, also £12 per annum and her firewood brought home ready cut & fit for use, to be paid her during her natural life. If she should marry again, the £80 being paid and four of the £12 per annum being paid, the rest of the £12, with firewood, etc., shall cease. I give to my daughter Hannah Steele £40. I give to my two sons James and Ebenezer my Houseing and Lands in Wethersfield and Farmington, to one the whole in Wethersfield, the other the whole in Farmington, James takeing his choice; also to these two my share in the saw Mill, in equal proportion. I give to my four daughters £20 to each. I appoint my wife and two sons James and Ebenezer Executors, and request my Kinsman Mr. John Wadsworth of Farmington & Capt. Samuel Talcott of Wethersfield to be Overseers.
SAMUEL STEELE.
Witness: John Wadsworth, Samuel Hooker, Sen.
5 July, 1685: A codicil provides for the building of a new barn at Farmington, at the expense of the two Brothers, before Distribution of the Estate.
SAMUEL STEELE.
Attested by Mr. John Wadsworth & Mrs. Mary Steele: That Lt. Samuel Steele left it within the discretion of the Overseers to alter the length of the Barn.--8 September, 1685.
Witness: Eleazer Kimberly, John Welles.
Court Record, Page 83—6 March, 1684: Mary Steele and Sarah Standly, daughters of James Boozey, late of Wethersfield, only and Proper Heirs (to certain Lands) given to them by their Father's will, unlawfully detained by Emanuel Buck, a suit in Court to recover. [See James Boosey, on pages 48 and 98 of this volume.]
Court Record, Page 112--3 September, 1685: Will Proven. John Wadsworth & Samuel Talcott appointed to Dist. the Estate, and they decide that The Barn shall be forty-two feet in length and no more."